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T121.29 SEPTEMBER 27

T121.29 WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER

AGAINST CONFERENCE REPORT ON

H.R. 1977

Ms. PRYCE, by direction of the Committee on Rules, reported (Rept. No.

104–264) the resolution (H. Res. 231)

waiving certain points of order during

consideration of the conference report

to the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and

for other purposes.

When said resolution and report were

referred to the House Calendar and ordered printed.

T121.30 WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER

AGAINST CONFERENCE REPORT ON

H.R. 2126

Ms. PRYCE, by direction of the Committee on Rules, reported (Rept. No.

104–265) the resolution (H. Res. 232)

waiving certain points of order during

consideration of the conference report

to the bill (H.R. 2126) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,

in the Committee of the Whole, pursuant to House Resolution 205, continue

for a period not to exceed 5 hours (excluding time consumed by recorded

votes and proceedings incidential

thereto).

When said resolution and report were

referred to the House Calendar and ordered printed.

T121.31 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1601

Ms. PRYCE, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 228):

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the

House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union for

consideration of the bill (H.R. 1601) to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop, assemble, and operate the International Space Station. The first reading of

the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall

not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science.

After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

rule. It shall be in order to consider as an

original bill for the purpose of amendment

under the five-minute rule the amendment

in the nature of a substitute recommended

by the Committee on Science now printed in

the bill. Each section of the committee

amendment in the nature of a substitute

shall be considered as read. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of

whether the Member offering an amendment

has caused it to be printed in the portion of

the Congressional Record designated for that

purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as read.

At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

for amendment the Committee shall rise and

report the bill to the House with such

amendments as may have been adopted. Any

Member may demand a separate vote in the

House on any amendment adopted in the

Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the

committee amendment in the nature of a

substitute. The previous question shall be

considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

On motion of Ms. PRYCE, the previous question was ordered on the resolution to its adoption or rejection and

under the operation thereof, the resolution was agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T121.32 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, pursuant to House Resolution 228 and rule XXIII, declared the

House resolved into the Committee of

the Whole House on the state of the

Union for the consideration of the bill

(H.R. 1601) to authorize appropriations

to the National Aeronautics and space

Administration to develop, assemble,

and operate the international Space

Station.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, by unanimous consent, designated Mr. HOBSON as Chairman of

the Committee of the Whole; and after

some time spent therein,

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SALMON, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. HOBSON, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had

under consideration said bill, had come

to no resolution thereon.

T121.33 SENATE BILL AND JOINT

RESOLUTION REFERRED

A bill and a concurrent resolution of

the Senate of the following titles were

taken from the Speaker’s table and,

under the rule, referred as follows:

S. 619. An Act to phase out the use of mercury in batteries and provide for the efficient

and cost-effective collection and recycling or

proper disposal of used nickel cadmium batteries, small sealed lead-acid batteries, and

certain other batteries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.

S. Con. Res. 21. Concurrent resolution directing that the ‘‘Portrait Monument’’

carved in the likeness of Lucretia Mott,

Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, now in the Crypt of the Capitol, be restored to its original state and be placed in

the Capitol rotunda; to the Committee on

House Oversight.

T121.34 BILLS PRESENTED TO THE

PRESIDENT

Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee

on House Oversight, reported that that

committee did on the following date

present to the President, for his approval, bills of the House of the following titles:

On September 26, 1995:

H.R. 1854. An Act making appropriations

for the legislative branch for the fiscal year

ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1817. An Act making appropriations

for military construction, family housing,

and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

T121.35 LEAVE OF ABSENCE

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted—

To Mr. VOLKMER, for today and balance of the week; and

To Mr. TUCKER, for today and balance of the week.

And then,

T121.36 ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Ms. MCKINNEY, at 11

o’clock and 4 minutes p.m., the House

adjourned.

T121.37 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of

committees were delivered to the Clerk

for printing and reference to the proper

calendar, as follows:

Mr. ROBERTS: Committee on Agriculture.

H.R. 436. A bill to require the head of any

Federal agency to differentiate between fats,

oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases, in

issuing certain regulations, and for other

purposes; with an amendment (Rept. No. 104–

262, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. BLILEY: Committee on Commerce.

H.R. 436. A bill to require the head of any

Federal agency to differentiate between fats,

oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases, in

issuing certain regulations, and for other

purposes; with an amendment (Rept. No. 104–

262 Pt. 2). Referred to the Committee of the

Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. DREIER: Committee on Rules. House

Resolution 230. Resolution providing for the

consideration of the joint resolution (H.J.

Res. 108) making continuing appropriations

for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 104–263). Referred to the

House Calendar.

Ms. PRYCE: Committee on Rules. House

Resolution 231. Resolution waiving points of

order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1977) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 104–264). Referred to the

House Calendar.

Mr. GOSS: Committee on Rules. House

Resolution 232. Resolution waiving points of

order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2126) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for

the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and

for other purposes (Rept. No. 104–265). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. LIVINGSTON: Committee on Appropriations. Report on the revised subdivision

of budget totals for fiscal year 1996 (Rept.

No. 104–266). Referred to the Committee of

the whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. CANADY: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 1833. A bill to amend title 18,

United States Code, to ban partial-birth

abortions; with an amendment (Rept. No.

104–267). Referred to the Committee of the

Whole House on the State of the Union.

T121.38 PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4

of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. ANDREWS:

H.R. 2398. A bill to amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow State and